Magic Mirrors Spiegeltent, Sydney’s Hyde Park North, 7 – 26 January Reviewed by Paula Towers Part of the 2020 Sydney Festival, transgressive cabaret Betty Blokk-Buster Reimagined inspires and delights with its confectionary of costumes, characters and theatrical delivery. Multi-talented Josh Quong Tart has reinvented the original raunchy role and his irascible charm is enthusiastically received. […]
Mojo Juju at City Recital Hall 26 November 2019 Reviewed by Chelsea Deeley 18 months touring an album is pretty impressive by today’s standards. But then again, when the album in question is Mojo Juju’s poignant and powerful album ‘Native Tongue’ – it’s definitely not a surprise. Layered with stories of disenfranchisement, questions of identity […]
Review of Kristin Berardi and Sam Anning concert, Riverside Theatre, Parramatta, Sunday 24 November, 2019 I’ve seen Kristin Berardi perform several times since she won the Freedman Music Fellowship for jazz in 2009, the only vocalist to have achieved this. In my opinion, she is still the most accomplished pure jazz vocalist in this country, […]
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Melbourne’s the Basics Play a One-Night-Only Show Celebrating the Release of their 5th Studio Album B.A.S.I.C. Reviewed by Emily Morris Last Thursday, 21 November, the Basics returned to the Espy in St. Kilda for the first time in a decade to launch their 5th studio album B.A.S.I.C. The newly renovated venue is special to the […]
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Reviewed Friday 15 November 2019 Reviewed by Sonia de Freitas With a stellar resume collaborating with big name superstars like Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys, The Roots, Missy Elliot…, my expectations were high for what headliner saxophonist and NYC native, Lakecia Benjamin, would offer Australian audiences as part of the Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival produced […]
Visited Friday 8 November 2019 Reviewed by Rosalind Gustafson One of the first things one might notice about the Cornelia Parker exhibition is the diversity of materials used. I do not just mean this in the sense of there being documentaries, videos, books to peruse, and an audio guide in addition to the artworks and […]
Wednesday 6th November 2019 @ Foundry 616 Reviewed by Chris Borton (Jammin’ Sundays) The stars aligned at SIWJF last night: cool venue, great backing band, full house with a definite buzz of excitement! But most importantly the international act, Veronica Swift was outstanding. A young singer from the USA who, at age 25, surely stands […]
Sunday 3 November 2019 @ Bondi Pavilion at 7pm by Phillip James (Jammin’ Mondays) Sao Paulo native Anna Setton was billed as aborn samba, MPB and choro performer whose style evokes the bossa nova tradition of the Brazilian greats Bilberto, Jobim and Menescal. Ms Setton lived up to this billing, and more. She chatted with […]
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Visited Friday 6 September 2019 Reviewed by Rosalind Gustafson An exhibition covering a subject that has no doubt long gone overlooked by many, Songs of Home does a fine job of providing a broad overview of the topic of music in early colonial Australia, with enough details and specifics to keep a viewer immersed in […]
Fusion of Horizons: Australian Architects in Asia (1950s – 80s) Adrian Snodgrass | Peter Muller | Kerry Hill | Alan Gilbert | Made Wijaya Curated by: Dr Amit Srivastava and Dr Cole Roskam Tin Sheds Gallery until 7 September There is still time to catch this free architectural history exhibition, at the Tin Sheds Gallery […]
Anthony David & The Tony Rich Project @ The Foundry 616 Reviewed by Amelie Ries While both have their background in Atlanta – Anthony David and Tony Rich of The Tony Rich Project came to Sydney bringing acoustic soul and funky jazz to Foundry 616 on the first weekend of June. These Grammy nominated artists […]
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A short run at the International Convention Centre of Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd will unfortunately prevent a production with promise reach its full potential; such were the complexities of staging the performance in a strangely ill-suited venue. Anthony Warlow does a great job as Sweeney Todd the murderous barber of Fleet St, and Gina Riley performs […]